The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it
should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in the
course of 11 years, is but one for each state in a century and a half.
No country should be so long without one.
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), in letter to James Madison, 20 December 1787
should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in the
course of 11 years, is but one for each state in a century and a half.
No country should be so long without one.
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), in letter to James Madison, 20 December 1787
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